From nobody@hyperreal.com Mon Jun 2 10:15:27 1997 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by hyperreal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA07501; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:15:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706021715.KAA07501@hyperreal.com> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:15:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Lee Schrock Reply-To: lschrock@afdc.nrel.gov To: apbugs@hyperreal.com Subject: LIMIT directive format causes Server Error on all files in directory X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 657 >Category: config >Synopsis: LIMIT directive format causes Server Error on all files in directory >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: closed >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 2 10:20:01 1997 >Last-Modified: Sun Jun 22 22:16:48 PDT 1997 >Originator: lschrock@afdc.nrel.gov >Organization: >Release: 1.2 >Environment: Sun Sparc 10, Solaris 2.5.4 uname output: SunOS afdc3 5.4 generic sun4m sparc >Description: Users converting from NCSA to Apache and using the directive in .htaccess files may see "Server Error" instead of serving any file in an affected directory. NCSA allows this: Apache requires: If the comma exists in an access file, ALL files in the directory become inaccessible, including both CGI and normal HTML files. >How-To-Repeat: Add comma to existing .htaccess to produce error, remove to fix. >Fix: Solution: When switching to Apache, check all .htaccess files for presence of a comma within the directive and remove >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-closed State-Changed-By: dgaudet State-Changed-When: Sun Jun 22 22:16:48 PDT 1997 State-Changed-Why: I documented this on the known incompatibilities page. Thanks for the note. Dean >Unformatted: